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= o PULLOUT | TAH ---- Not one of " Lutchester aps 6 little me back to flashed with d, "but that 'm going to ut of them." and turned first time he tone, though Thursday, Dec. 26, 1918 IN WOMAN'S REALM | RED CROSS NOTES FIELD COMFORTS _ St. Andrew's Church had charge of the} Mrs, Stewart thanks most heartil shop on Bat., Dec. 21; net receipts, $141.09. helped with or in any on pues 'Sol will have charge on , the sales held in Barrie and Allandale two Dec, 28, and the following Satur- weeks ago, In Allandale, thanks are due day, Collier St. Methodist Church. yto the members of the Orange Lodge, who Donations to the shop Saturday, Dec. 21! gave their hall with heating and lighting. » --Weet Line and North Line, Ivy, $5.05; 3 |The quantity of bak : Ivy, i 3| y of baking donated there was The, butter, 1 cake, 1 doz. tea cakes, basket | extraordinary and os ulways in Allandale, | apples, sack carrots, For the Soldiers' | the quality was excellent. The generosity Aid--1 bag potatoes from Mrs. James Len- | of the public at both sales was most marked. pox, Ivy; 9th Line, Ivy: 1 Ib. butter, %4 To be thus freed so quickly from debt was dozen eggs. . the best Christmas gift the Field Comforts Sbop Committee this week:--Mrs, Payne, | workers could receive. In Barrie the many Mrs, Garvin; next week, Mrs. B. King, Mr=.| beautiful gifts which came from 60 many McMartin; bookkeeper, Mrs. F. R. Porntt. | sources sold very rapidly. To Mrs. Martin, Owen St., and her many helpers great =redit Thought for New Year. is due: "Between them they gave $60.00 I would be quiet, Lord, worth of most saleable articles. Miss Nor tease, nor fret; Not one «mall need of mine Wilt Thou forget. Creswicke's doll table amply repaid her for her work. The drawings were all success-- Scott, who made toy aeroplane, gave Mrs, Stewart $12.00 which he had made va the tickets; Vernon Markell won the sero: plane; Mrs. Wolfenden won the beautiful Gray Hair \ _ bag given by Mrs. Rows Cameron ; Mrs. Alex | n ays MacLaren the plum pudding given by Mra R ir Plummer; Miss McDonald, Allandsle, the BIT Ti mmm | exke mate by Mise Radenburet ; Miss Green- A Reyreraen for ratoring satura oly Corey OF | wood, the pretty doll dressed by Mie Ida fs Ung, Te ote dye. Generova sized botties a: all | Creswicke; Mrs, Walter Richardson, the ealer ready to use. Philo Hay Co, Newk,N-J- | Sescock given by Mrs. White; Mrs, Sprott's z littie daughter, the beautiful bed and buresu made and given by Mr. J. Dougall; Master O'liearn, the cake made and given by "rs, Knight. Country friends in Guthrie and Thornton, and the immediate vicinity, sent in very acceptable supplies. Mrs. Pluminer x kind thoughtfulness in sending aandwiches for the workers' tea in Barrie was much appreciated. The D. Y. B. Club, Allandale, gave $15.00, which was included in_ the $200 from the Allandale sale. These young Indies can always be depended upon to truly "Do their bit" Tt may interest the many contributors to know that hey 71 Grenville Street Toronto, Ont Toronto's Select Family and Transient Hotei just off Yonge Street and one block from Parliament Buildings.* paid for the wool in. some socks which Rates: European Plan $1.50 up marched eros the letters Tale ct ptect eaksan ved tarviot received this week, it at leral members of the 75th Battali Fo march inte C off for th 8,400,000 $130000000 THRIFT 'Thrift, personal and national, is the great- est need of the hour. 'Waste not, want not" is the lesson every Canadian must learn and practise. Start now! Make your first contribution to Thrift, and your country's welfare--a Savings Account in this Bank, Interest paid at current rates, 236 UNION BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE. WINNIPEG, MAN. BARRIE BRANCH, = __A. LESLIE, Manager. COOKSTOWN BRANCH, T, McMILLAN, Manager. THORNTON BRANCH, | W. T. HODGSON, Mgr. BUY War-Savings Stamps On Sale at all MONEY-ORDER POST OFFICES THIS SIGN Bz War-Savings Stamps for $4.00 each, place them on the Certificate, which will be given to you; have your Stamps registered against loss, free of charge at any Money-Order Post Office; and on the first day of 1924, Canada will pay you $5.00 each for your stamps. As an aid to the purchase of W.-S. S. you can buy THRIFT 'Stamps for 25 cents each. Sixteen of these Thrift Stamps on a 'Thrift Card will be exchanged for a W.-S.S. Thrift Stamps do not bear interest. Their virtue is that they enable you to apply every 25 cents you can save towards the purchase of a Government, interest-bearing security. "]f high rates of interest must be paid on Government borrow- ings it is but right that every man, woman, and child should have the opportunity to earn this interest." --Sir Thomas While. $5.0 for $4.00 ful and caused much amusement. Teddy | THE BARRIE wearing socks from the Barrie Field Com- forte--a fitting end to the labors of the last four years. 600 pairs of socks came in last week. "Allandale, Barrie, Crown Hifi, Craighurst, Dalston, Edenvale, Guth- rie 'Girls' Sewing Circle, Guthrie Willing Workers, Guthrie Women's Institute, Holly, Lefroy, Mitchell Square, Oro Station, Shan- ty Bay, Stroud, Thornton, Utopia--all the faithful workers in these 'centres, most of whom have been knitting for years, rilled these last two boxes. Money is urgently required just now by the Field Comforts Commission in England. ~From now on 88, socks come in they will be sold, if possible. Mrs. Stewart and the wool distributors will always have socks on hand for sale until the wool is quite knitted up. 50c. per pair for the ones made with factory yarn legs. Money will be sent at regular intervals to the Commission until the | Spring. Mrs Stewart gratefully acknowledges $5! from the Holly Camp Fire Girls and Mra Reynolds; $5.00 from the Dalston W. 1; 15 pairs of socks and $1.00 from Craighurst Patriotic League and 4 pairs of socks irom | the Holly Sewing Circle. { ------_ Prayer for the New Year. Lord God, we lift to Thee | A.world burt sore, Look down, und let it be Wounded no more! | Lord, when this year is done | | 'That wakes to-day, Many shall pray to Thee Who do not pray; | | | Let all lips comfort them | ~~ All hearts be kind, They who this year shull leave | Their joys behind ; | Give them Thy comforting. Help them to know That though therr hopes are gone 'Thou dost not go; They who have giv'n for Thre Lover and son, Show them Thy world set free, Thy battles done! Lord God, we lift to Thee A world in pain, Look down and let it be Made whole again' | Gardner--Bentinck | The ancient and historic cathedral of | 'Dornoch, Scotland, has of late been the scene of several interesting weddings, but none more so than that which wns vele- brated when Major Gardner, who ix in com mand of the 149th Canadian Forestry Corps, | nt Dornoch, was united in wedlock to Miss Frances Bentinck, second daughter of the parish minister at Dornoch There was a large gnthering of friends present ta witness the ceremony in which, hecides the father and grandfather of the bride, the Rev Cant. Tupper, chaplain of the CFC andl the Rev. TF. Gilmore, B.A took part. 'The ceremony was a besutiful and' impressive one, the musical part of it being efficiently rendered by a large choir, condncted hy Sergt Cowell, CFC whe presided at the organ The bride looked sweet in a simule frock f white en rhene with tulle veil fas-- toned by nf white heather, ound erieat a handsome shower haquet of white | and pink flowers She war attended by her three sisters wesring white voile anil gn mauve sashes, the n net caps and carrying bas stul mauve flowers They formed a nicturesqur groun as they made their wav through the sonth transept and tank their vlaecs buside the bridegroom who Waited in front of the communion tuble for | | his eroomeman, Major Blackstock, C.FC. on soreinl leave from Franer, + j 'After the ceremony an informal 'reception | was held st the tunse where the happy | voung couple reeeived the congratulations | 4 goodly company of friends who gave | | them grest ovation as they left by motor | |for the south. The briffe's going-away | costume was a very effective one of brown jgabardine with beaver collar, with which she wore a-mall brown tam hat and 9 natural musquash coat, the gift of the groom. The presenta, uumbering about eighty, were very handsome, and included 9 pair of solid silver candlesticka from tho officers and a silver tea and coffee service from the N.C.O. and men of the 149th Can- adian Forestry Corps 'The afternoon was fine with gleams of | sunshine which added to the brightness of | a very happy occasion. To make it so for the men Major Gardner entertained them that evening in the Y.M.C.A. hut} when, after a nice tea, 8 program of music | and games were gone through and greatly enjoyed."--Clipped from a Scotch paper, Oct. 2nd. Major Gardner is » brother of Mrs. Thos. Milbee, Barrie, Some years ago he lived in Dalston and Barrie and is well known to many here. Before going overseas he amisted in raising two forestry battalions. ' 1919. What does the New Year bring Under his mighty wing? Grey to the thinning hair, Balm to the heart 6f care, Rest for the weary soul, Love with the beggar's dole, Peace in the stormy life, Harbor, and end of strife! What does the New Year hide Under his pinions wide? Strength in the hour of test, Hope for the fainting breast, Action to rusting men, Youth--snd its quest again! Duty--the spur that brings Cowards to stand with kings! What does he secret keep Where, dark, the shsdows sleep? Something of pain and grief Yet is their reign but brief. He who endures the end, Lover and home and friend, Finds, just beyond the vale When mortal lamps grow pale! --Nina Moore Jamieson New subscribers have been coming to The Examiner at the rate of over one a day for months. 81.50 will send it to any address in Canada for a year. Not a week goes by but people Socks will H sold at 75c. per pair for the all-wool one. | Oatmeal Sold by all grocers, Gunner Stanley Brooks, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Brooks Of Alliston, reported to have died of wounds in France, September go, Gunner Brooks enlisted in IN1A and look the position of B The total number of votes cast in the aldermanic election was 6,426, and the ant wfth the Bantam Bat-| timber of candidates to be dlected was talion He went overseas ry , , seven, Adding one to this gives eight into (he Bantanis, but) resign 6,426, giving a quotient of 803, plus 1, thus pusition on reaching ;|fixing the quote st 804. and joined an artillery unit. He] With this quota two candidates were hind heen att the front in France {elected in the fit count, having 1,542 and manthe. heing nee wounded [844 votes respectively. 'The second choice fallawing whieh he was in hos. | Yotes for other candidates on the ballote pital 25 dave. He had heen back [9 the, firt candidate eleoted were, then distributed among the other candidates, at his post only about three | These added to their first choice votes were werks when he was fatally | found insufficient to fill up their quota of wonneed. 'The last letter from | 804 for any of them. him received by his parents was | The next step was the elimination of the lowest man who had a total of 88 first and second choice votes. He being eliminated, his second choice votes, together with those Western Notes on the ballots of the second man elected, For the second time the cities of Alberta | were distributed among the others, but province at the municipal elections held | were not sufficient to provide any of them on the ninth inst., voted according to the | with the necessary 804. Proportional Representation plan. In Cal-| The néxt low man was 89 Let. and 2nd. gary there were two candidates only for the ! choice votes was then eliminated and his sec- offices of Mayor and Commissioner and vo- | ond choice votes distributed among the re- ters were required to place the figure ove! maining candidates with the same result, opposite the candidate of their choice on | The third lowest man with 258 first and sec- the ballot paper. Ballots marked with the | ond choice votes was then dropped and his old-fashioned X were counted ss spoiled | second choice votes distributed with the written September 28 | ballots. The ballot for alderman contained | result that there were sufficient second | the names of fourteen candidates, seven |choices on his ballots to place candidate to be elected and the voter was required to | number three above the quota which clect make a first choice by placing the figure ed him The count was then resumed and one opposite the name of the candidate he|the same system followed until four more most desired us his representative. Follow- | candidates were foun] to have more than ing that he might go down the line and' the quota and consequently elected. place the figures from two to fourteen! 'This system of voting is conceded to be nx desired. The same rule applied in Vot-'the fairest but the work comes in the | ing for candidate for school bosrd, hospital 'count' which is slow and tiresome as the board and the plebiscites. city clerk is required to scrutinize cach Under the proportional voting systein, ballet personally. : the quota which determines the election of Although the polls closed at 8 p.m. the a candidate ix obtained by dividing the Mayoralty ballots took until 2 am. to total number of votes cast by the number count and the personnel of the Aldermanic of candidates to be elected, plus one candi- board was not known until twelve hours date and adding one to the quotient later. Crackers Once you have tasted the goodness of Telfer's Oatmeal Crackers, you will do as thousands of other families do, keep them on hand for daily use., Packed in air tight packages. JACK'S LAKE Miss Elsie Duncan has recovered fram her recent illness and bas returned to her home near Dundalk, Mr. ond Mrs. G. Powers have returned home after spending s few weeks in Toronto. Thos. Fisher is on the sick list af preseat. The New Year. New Year, coming on apace, What have you to give me? Bring you scathe or bring you grace, Face me with an honest face; You shall not deceive me S Here's Milk Convenience NO muss or fuss with Klim. No tickets to buy, no bottles to wash. Pasteurized SS | oe When guch | milk is required. Buy Klim {ith your Groceries, One and ten pound tins, Klim in genuine--the flavor proves it-drink it. Canada Food Boord License No Ss = SS Bread--up! Meat--up! Clothing --up! Rent--up! But, you can get a bigger bar of soap for the money to-day than you could a year or so ago--if you will just in- sist on the Comfort "Bigger Bar" --the 'same old high Comfort quality which has given it the largest sale in Can- ada and made it the favorite for 25 years. Use Comfort and get a-brighter, cleaner, easier wash. Ask for the Bigger Bar to-day. Pugsley, Dingman & Co., Limited '/tell us of the quick returns re- ceived from The Examiner Adict Column, A circulation of over 3600 is responsible One cent a word is the cost, 8 Flower Girls from the Big Musical Comedy of 40 People, "MISS BLUE EVES," at the Barrie Opera House next Monday ©